Star Bell's Debut

"Creigie's attacks are a little stronger than Sparbo's, but he isn't as fast as Sparbo. Overall, Spat has the advantage, but winning won't be easy."

"Indeed. Spat is fast and controls the rhythm of the battle. He can fight when he wants and flee when he wants. Creigie's attacks are powerful, and his frontal combat ability is stronger than Creigie's, but speed is his weakness. He can't catch Spat."

"Mm."

Everyone present was an elder of the Four Divine Beast Family, with even the weakest possessing the strength of a Six-star Devil.

Those commenting on the two men in the arena were all elders with the strength of Seven-star Devils.

Even the elders at the Six-star Devil level could not clearly follow a battle between Seven-star Devils, so how could they possibly comment on it?

To them, watching the battles of Seven-star Devil Elders was an opportunity to comprehend how both sides used the Profound Mysteries of Laws in combat, to see whether it might inspire them and let them glimpse an opportunity in the fusion of Profound Mysteries of Laws.

Whoosh!

Roy's arrival did not cause much of a stir.

"Oh? Elder Roy, you came here too? Want to have some fun in the arena?"

"Elder Kunting."

Roy smiled at the middle-aged man who had greeted him, then nodded. "Mm. I recently forged a divine artifact and wanted to test its power."

"That really does need testing."

The middle-aged man Roy had called Kunting said, "The power of a divine artifact is related to the battles its owner has experienced and the enemies it has slain. The more compatible it is with its owner, and the more battles it has gone through, the greater its power will indeed become."

"However, your divine artifact was only just forged and hasn't been nurtured for long. It's merely an ordinary Low-level Divine Artifact right now. In battles at our level, it might be shattered if you aren't careful."

Indeed, once one reached the divine level, a tenfold difference in strength was enough to crush an opponent and win with ease. A hundredfold difference allowed for an instant kill.

Although the difference in power between Low-level Divine Artifacts and High-level Divine Artifacts did not reach a hundredfold, it was still far greater than tenfold.

Which of the Devils present was not an ancient monster who had lived for hundreds of millions of years?

Their divine artifacts, like themselves, had gone through countless battles. That was enough for their divine artifacts to evolve to an extremely terrifying level.

Compared to the Low-level Divine Artifact Roy had just forged, the divine artifacts in their hands could very well be nearly a hundred times more powerful.

Of course, that did not mean that if their divine artifacts were a hundred times stronger than Roy's, their own strength was also more than a hundred times his. That was simply impossible.

High-level Gods gained no enhancement at all from using Low-level Divine Artifacts or Mid-level God Artifacts. Only High-level Divine Artifacts could fully bring out a High-level God's power.

Moreover, a divine artifact that had been wielded and nurtured by a High-level God for countless years would be in perfect harmony with its god, allowing the god's own strength to be brought out more effectively—perhaps even reaching two hundred percent.

The only things capable of increasing a High-level God's strength by more than tenfold were Sovereign Artifacts.

"Haha, then the two of us can have a match later. Go easy on me, all right?"

Roy was extremely satisfied with the Star Bell he had forged, but he also knew the gap between a Low-level Divine Artifact and a High-level Divine Artifact. That was why he wanted to test it against someone he knew.

Elder Kunyan was a friend Roy had gotten along well with over the past few days, so Roy spoke directly.

"That won't be a problem."

Elder Kunyan smiled. "But if I'm no match for you when the time comes, don't make me lose too badly."

"You flatter me, Elder Kunyan."

Roy shook his head and pointed at another empty arena. "Then let's use that arena."

"No problem."

The movements of Roy and Kunyan drew the attention of more than thirty elders.

Their strength had already reached a bottleneck. Bitter cultivation offered no hope of even the slightest improvement, but fighting and watching battles might still bring them a few surprises.

Many of them knew Elder Kunyan. He had joined the Four Divine Beast Family long ago, and among Seven-star Devils, his strength was fairly average. He was a good-natured fellow who maintained good relationships with many people.

As for the young man preparing to fight Elder Kunyan, they were far less familiar with him.

Still, since he was able to fight Elder Kunyan, he should also be a Seven-star Devil Elder of the family.

After flying onto the arena, Roy and Elder Kunyan stood facing each other.

"Elder Kunyan, I'm young, so I'll make the first move."

After clasping his fists toward Elder Kunyan, Roy waved his hand. A miniature Star Bell appeared in his palm.

Dong!

Roy's divine power surged, and the Star Bell let out a deep chime. An invisible ripple spread outward with Roy at its center.

"A Soul Attack?"

Elder Kunting's expression turned grave at the sight.

Unlike Material Attacks, Soul Attacks were difficult to guard against. Without a Soul Defense divine artifact or a powerful soul mystery technique, it was easy to suffer a loss when facing one.

However, after tensing up, Elder Kunting quickly relaxed.

He could see clearly that this attack had merely been triggered by Roy using divine power to activate the divine artifact in his hand. It was the artifact's own power, without the enhancement of Profound Mysteries of Laws. It might threaten Low-level Gods, but to people like them, it was barely stronger than a breeze brushing across their faces.

Sure enough, after the ripple swept over Elder Kunyan's body, the necklace around his neck gave off a faint glow, and nothing else happened.

Yet what surprised Elder Kunyan was that when the ripple struck him, aside from the Soul Attack, he could actually feel the Defensive Divine Artifact on his body tremble.

Roy's divine artifact actually combined Material Attack and Soul Attack into one?

"Can divine artifacts be forged like this?"

Elder Kunyan felt as though his mind had just been blown.

Elder Kunyan spread his hand, and a slender Cyan Longsword appeared in it. Divine power surged forth, causing the space around the sword to twist into faint wrinkles.

Clearly, the power of Elder Kunyan's longsword ranked highly even among High-level Divine Artifacts.

Whoosh!

Elder Kunyan casually slashed, sending a streak of cyan sword energy flying rapidly toward Roy.

Dong, dong, dong...

Facing Elder Kunyan's sword energy, Roy poured his divine power into the Star Bell and rang it three times.

Three transparent ripples surged forward to meet Elder Kunyan's sword energy.

The first ripple collided with the sword energy, making the cyan blade of energy tremble. Then the second ripple struck, and after colliding with it, the cyan sword energy slowed greatly.

By the time the third ripple arrived, the power of the cyan sword energy had basically dispersed. Under the collision with the third ripple, it broke apart into countless cyan motes of light and scattered away.

"Oh?"

Elder Kunyan's eyes lit up.

Although that had merely been a casual slash, it was enough to kill an ordinary Three-star Devil and heavily injure a Four-star Devil.

Yet Roy's divine artifact had dispersed it so easily.

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